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Throughout the centuries one of the goals of the Christian has been to visit the Holy Land. It is an intense October 2013 Page 17 THE P RTAL and powerful experience to be in the Holy City of Jerusalem and in the Galilee and richly brings the Old Testament, New Testament and the waves of post-biblical history alive. It helps us understand not only our own faith but also that of Judaism and Islam and the emotions that have dominated and still dominate the Land. These days of pilgrimage can leave a lasting impression that enriches our life at all levels. The London - Tel Aviv Ordinariate of We check-in at London Heathrow Airport flight to Tel of We arrive at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, where we Our Lady Aviv. Walsingham will be met and assisted by a representative inside the Customs area, near to the luggage collection point. After Day one - Tuesday 11th November Customs clearance, we’ll meet our guide. We then Pilgrimage to travel to Jerusalem where we check in at our hotel. The holy land Day two - Wednesday 12th November Jerusalem - Mount of Olives - Mount Zion Proceed to the Mount of Olives. Visit the Chapel of th Ascension, the Church of the Pater Noster, and stop for a the 11th - 18 November 2014 panoramic view across the Kidron Valley to Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem. Walk down from the Mount of Olives to the Church of Dominus Flevit where we celebrate Mass, and the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane. Afterwards drive to of the Zion to visit the Abbey of the Holy Land. It is an intense Throughout the centuries one of the goals Mount Christian has been to visitthe Dormition, Room of the Last Supper (Cenaculum), and to be in the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu, where Peter denied Christ three times. and powerful experiencecontinue to theHoly City of Jerusalem and in the Galilee and richly brings the Old Testament, New Testament and the waves of post-biblical history alive. It helps us understand not only our Day three - Thursday 13th November own faith but also that ofof the goals of the Christian has been to visit the Holy Land. It isdominated and still experience Throughout the centuries one Judaism and Islam and the- emotions that have an intense and powerful dominate Jerusalem - Holy Sepulchre Ecce Homo - that enriches our life at all levels. the Land. These days of pilgrimage can leave a lasting impressionBethesda to be in the Holy City of the Church of the Galilee and richly brings the City of Jerusalem for an early the waves of postThis morning we visitJerusalem and inthe Holy Sepulchre in the OldOld Testament, New Testament andMass followed by biblical history alive. helps us understand a walk to the Ecce Homo Arch, where not only our own faith but also that of Judaism Lithostrotos, the pavement where Day one - TuesdayIt11th November Jesus was presented to the crowd. Visit theand Islam and the emotions that have Jesus was triedstill dominate the Land. These days of pilgrimage-can of Zion. There will be athat enrichesEcce Homo levels. dominated and and scourged within the convent of the Sisters leave a lasting impression visit to the our life at all terrace London Tel Aviv for check-in at view. Afterwards Airport our to Tel the pool arrive at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, St Anne. We a panoramicLondon Heathrow continueflightwalk toAviv. We of Bethesda and the Crusader church ofwhere we Day be - Tues 11 of ... London representative inside the Customs area, Novstreets to Calvary, enshrinedMount Zion Day through the narrow Jerusalem - Mount of Olives within the Follow met and assisted by a along the will One the WayNov the Cross- Tel Aviv Via DolorosaTwo - Wednesday 12 near...to the luggage collection -point. After church ofclearance,Sepulchre. Afterwards we drive travel Old Walled City of Jerusalem.in... Ein Karem - Bethlehem the Holy we’ll meet our guide. We then toHomo - Bethesda where weFri 14 Nov at our hotel. (Wailing) Customs - Thur 13 Nov ... Jerusalem - Holy Sepulchre - Ecce the to Jerusalem Day Four - check Visit the Western Day Three Wall and stroll through the Christian Quarter and the rediscovered ancient Cardo. Day two - Wednesday 12th Dead Sea - Tiberias - Galilee Day Six - Sun 16 Nov ... Nazareth - Cana - Tabor DayFive - Sat 15 Nov ... Qumran -November DaySeven --Mon 17 Nov ... Sea of Galilee -Jerusalem - MountCeasarea Philippi Day Zion - Fri 18 Nov ... Galilee - Tel Aviv - London four Friday 14th NovemberMount of Beatitudes - of Olives - Mount Eight Day Ein of the - Bethlehem Proceed to the Mount of Olives. Visit the ChapelKarem Ascension, the Church of the Pater Noster, and stop for a Drive to Ein Karem, thethe Kidron Valley tothe Baptist was born, UK Old City of Jerusalem. Walk down from on Price £1,399 - Includes: village where John Temple Mount El Al, and where Mary visited 7-nights accommodation panoramic view acrossReturn scheduled flights on British Airways orand the and Israel departure taxes,Elizabeth. Continue the to Bethlehem viato the Church ofFields, then visit where we celebrate dinners, All touring Cave of theEntrance fees, Mount oftwin-bedded rooms with en-suite facilities, 7 buffet breakfasts andtheMass, andand theand transfers,Nations in the in shared Olives the Shepherds’ Dominus Flevit Manger Square, 7 Basilica the Church of All Nativity, birthplace Gethsemane. AfterwardsaccompanyMount Zion to in the HolyAbbey of and ABTA Garden of of EnglishChrist. Mass will drive either the Cave or the Chapel of St Jerome. financialRoom of the Last Fully-licensed Jesus speaking guide to be at to the group whilst visit the land. ATOL the Dormition, protection. Supper (Cenaculum), and continue to the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu, where Peter denied Christ three times. Day fiveTravel insurance currently at £30 per person. Flight surcharge if passed on by the airline. Gratuities to driver, guide and Extras: - Saturday 15th November Qumran Dead Sea - Tiberias - Galilee Day three - Thursday 13th November hotels at £60 per person. Single room supplement:-£294 p er person for 7 nights (limited availability). Lunches and drinks. UK This morning, after breakfast,Jerusalem our hotel by coach- for a morning Bethesda Good Samaritan Inn before we depart - Holy Sepulchre Ecce Homo - mass at the airport transfers. continuing to Qumran where the Dead Sea Sepulchre found. Then of Jerusalem for an early Mass followed by This morning we visit the Church of the HolyScroll werein the Old Cityproceed to the shores of the Dead Sea, the lowest spot your place (for Arch, us if completed booking form along with anorth via £160Baptismal site pavement where To reserve Ecce Homo a bathe a time permits). We then journey deposit of the per person. a walk to theon earth please send where Jesus was presented to the crowd. Visit the Lithostrotos, theon the Jordan, to Tiberias, tried and Sea of Galilee the convent of the Sisters of Zion. There will be a visit to the Ecce pay for your Jesus wasbeside thescourged withinwhere we check into the Restal Hotel. Dinner in the hotel (PleaseHomo terrace This price is own panoramic view. until 1st October 2013. our walk to the pool of this date and the Crusader church of St for a drinks). guaranteedAfterwards continue Any bookings received afterBethesdamay be subject to a flight surcharge. Anne. Follow the Way of the Cross along Full Via Dolorosa through the narrow streets to Calvary, enshrined within the the details at: www.portalmag.co.uk church of the Holy Sepulchre. Afterwards we drive to the Old Walled City of Jerusalem. Visit the Western (Wailing) Wall and stroll through the Christian Quarter and the rediscovered ancient Cardo. led by Monsignor Keith Newton Pax Travel Day four - Friday 14th November 57 - 59 Rochester Place, London, NW1 9JU Tel: Ein 7485 3003 Fax: 020 7485 3006 E-mail: [email protected] 020 Karem - Bethlehem Journeys of village where John the Baptist was born, and where Mary visited Elizabeth. Continue on www.paxtravel.co.uk Drive to Ein Karem, the Faith to Bethlehem via the Shepherds’ Fields, then visit Manger Square, the Basilica and the Cave of the Nativity, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Mass will be at either the Cave or the Chapel of St Jerome. 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In this way, will allocate you a mystery. every Group will be prayed for by name every month, as will our Ordinary and You pray this mystery on the 1st day of 57 - 59 Rochester Place, London, NW1 9JU his Assistants. the month. Then you proceed through the Tel: 020 7485 3003 Fax: 020 7485 3006 E-mail: [email protected] other mysteries, in turn, on the remaining Let us surround Journeys of Faith www.paxtravel.co.uk the a Ordinariate days of the month. Just one mystery a day, with this wave of prayer, truly Living and we all start in a different place, so the Rosary. J Pax Travel